"Actually, what General Hou Junji said is not unreasonable." Li Shiji thought for a while and said.

Waiting for everyone's eyes to turn over, Li Shiji continued, "If you are the commander of these 60,000 troops, think about it, under the condition that the Liaodong line still exists, although there are 20,000 cavalry of the Tang Dynasty in this area, will they be afraid of being ambushed?" ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then Xue Wanjun hesitated for a moment and asked, "General Li, you mean, because the number of the opponent's army is large enough, they are not afraid of any ambush at all, and almost all the terrain will be quickly advanced by the other party?" ”

"That's the truth, you should all see Yuangai Suwen's order, let them support the front line as quickly as possible, at this time, if a cavalry unit harasses them on the front line, what do you think they will think? Or what do you think? Li Shiji looked at them and asked.

"I will feel that the siege of the Tang Dynasty has reached a critical juncture, so I must do everything possible to prevent us from going to the front line of Liaodong." Hou Junji pondered for a moment and said.

"Yes, that's the reason, in such a situation, it is necessary for the scouts to be released, but according to the order of Yuangai Suwen, if there is cavalry harassment, after driving the other party away, hurry away."

"That is, if we divide some of the cavalry into enough groups to specifically intercept their scouts on their flanks, it will make their army think that we are actually harassing them, so that they will hurry and ignore them."

"Because in their opinion, or in the eyes of many generals, there is no possibility of an ambush for an army of 60,000. Because this is not a few thousand or ten thousand, this number of troops, just stretching back and forth may be twenty or thirty miles, if there is an ambush, wouldn't it take hundreds of thousands of troops to be able to ambush? ”

"Logically speaking, hundreds of thousands of troops can't hide their whereabouts at all, in fact, it's about the same. But those have a premise, that both sides are in the field area, and that both sides have the opportunity to send scouts in. ”

"But in fact, when our cavalry was galloping in this area, the scouts had no chance to come in, and for more than twenty days, they didn't know anything about this area."

"Under such circumstances, there is naturally a possibility that we will completely surround and eat this army." Li Shiji said seriously.

"But it's not easy to stop these 60,000 people, how do we do it? In addition to the 20,000 cavalry active here, we can draw up to 10,000 heavy cavalry and 5,000 light cavalry, and if we want to encircle the enemy, these 15,000 cavalry must block their way back. Hou Junji frowned.

"Why are we blocking the road with cavalry?" Li Shiji smiled.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, isn't the high mobility of the cavalry just used to block the road? Your infantry wants to get around the crowd and block the road? The infantry can't go around, and the speed can't keep up.

"There's no need to go around, let's wait, the mountains and forests around here are densely populated, I've already asked them about Qibi He Li, if you really want to hide in these mountains and forests, don't say 200,000, even if it's a million troops hiding in, you can't see it."

"The only problem is time."

"But what the Goguryeo people didn't expect was that we could get the information so quickly, which gave us enough time to choose an ambush site first, and then the infantry hid on the peaks on both sides a few days in advance."

"When the enemy takes the initiative to get into our pockets, at this time, the cavalry has been harassing in front of them, they will think that Datang only has these forces in this area, and even if necessary, the whole cavalry can be dispatched for the enemy to see."

"In this way, the enemy will relax to the extreme on both sides."

"As soon as the enemy enters our encirclement, block the road directly. Completely enveloped 60,000 people. Under the cover of our arrows, it would only be a matter of minutes to eat these 60,000 soldiers. ”

"Therefore, my opinion is that the anti-routine is carried out, and the cavalry is directly allowed to block the road, because in most people's impression, the cavalry is used to attack from the back, or from the side, if there is an encirclement."

"Because the infantry is stronger at leisure, the cavalry only needs to be dragged behind, and the infantry can pursue from the rear."

"Now we are doing the opposite, the cavalry is blocking the road and harassing, they will not think that there will be infantry ambushes in the future." Li Shiji pointed to the map and said.

"So General Li has a suitable location for the ambush circle?" Hou Junji and the others all came over and asked curiously.

"This place." Li Shiji directly clicked a place on the map.

Everyone looked over and saw that there was a name on the map, Tongyang Fort pU (Tongyuan Fort).

"This is a small town, it is also a city, the area of the city is not large, the city walls are also very narrow, only about one meter wide, about three meters high, and the population is less than 1,000."

"They didn't harass this town, and although they had appeared near this town, they hadn't been harassed either. Moreover, the terrain around this town is relatively open, with a total of four mountains leading to other areas, which is not the best terrain for establishing an encirclement. ”

"What's more, when people see a city, they never think that someone will ambush around the city, even if the city is small, they will subconsciously think that it is safe."

"What's more, in front of arriving at this Tongyang Fort, there are actually several terrains that are more suitable for ambush operations, but we didn't choose there, they will subconsciously think that there are actually only 20,000 cavalry here, and ambush them naturally do not exist."

"Secondly, the mountains around Tongyang Fort are high and dense, and the valleys are vertical and horizontal, and they are inaccessible. Our army is casually hidden here, nothing more than heavy siege equipment, and heavy bed crossbows are not easy to carry. But these can arrange the front of the opponent's march, anyway, there are cavalry blocking the way in front, and it is impossible for them to detect anything abnormal. ”

"In addition, I think that this city-breaking mine may not only be used in siege of the city, if we find someone in advance and secretly bury it in the open space, I remember that these fuses can burn when buried in the soil, as long as the wires are left longer, they can surprise them when the time comes." Li Shiji said.

Everyone took a closer look at the terrain that Li Shiji pointed out and thought about it, it was indeed the case. There is a city in itself, even if it is a small city, and no one will choose to ambush in this place.

But with the size of this small city, 20,000 troops can be squeezed into it is the most, not to mention that they still have so many supplies and the like, so most of the troops are still outside the city.

If you bury some mines outside the city...... Winning these 60,000 Goguryeo elites means that Goguryeo has also entered the countdown to its demise.